Rank and riches are chains of gold, but still chains.
The perception of the beautiful is gradual, and not a lightning revelation; it requires not only time, but some study.
Curses are like processions. They return to the place from which they came.
Husband and wife,--so much in common, how different in type! Such a contrast, and yet such harmony, strength and weakness blended together!
If country life be healthful to the body, it is no less so to the mind.
Beauty is an exquisite flower, and its perfume is virtue.